Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve
"Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Branches of the vagus (tenth cranial) nerve. The recurrent laryngeal nerves originate more caudally than the superior laryngeal nerves and follow different paths on the right and left sides. They carry efferents to all muscles of the larynx except the cricothyroid and carry sensory and autonomic fibers to the laryngeal, pharyngeal, tracheal, and cardiac regions.
| Descriptor ID |
D012009
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.050.050.925.450.700 A08.800.050.600.825.450.700 A08.800.800.060.920.450.700 A08.800.800.120.900.450.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve- Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve
- Laryngeal Nerve, Recurrent
- Laryngeal Nerves, Recurrent
- Nerve, Recurrent Laryngeal
- Nerves, Recurrent Laryngeal
- Recurrent Laryngeal Nerves
Laryngeal Nerve, Inferior- Laryngeal Nerve, Inferior
- Inferior Laryngeal Nerve
- Inferior Laryngeal Nerves
- Laryngeal Nerves, Inferior
- Nerve, Inferior Laryngeal
- Nerves, Inferior Laryngeal
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